Sticks & Leaves: An Autumn Mantle

By Cassidy Sevier - 2:09 PM

It's funny to me, with all the old homes we've lived in that this is our first house with a fireplace! It's something that I've always wanted, I'm a bit smitten with mantles. They're so homey and a great place for collections, for little treasures to gather together and find a home. My favorite collections are those that only stay with us for a season. They're fun to hunt & find, get returned to the outdoors when we're through, and a great reminder of the simple gifts we're surrounded by in these woods.

As promised, here's our garland of painted glycerin leaves too. I've just been so impressed with them- even with the heat of the fireplace they haven't become brittle at all. We're only keeping them around for the season but I think they could last longer if we wanted them to. For sewing I used wool thread & a yarn needle, layering them a bit as I went along. And the branches, which are slowly getting filled with our daily thankfulness when remembered (ahem), were inspired by this thankful tree. A simple way to celebrate this beautiful season- and our new surroundings too.

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Good Morning! I found your blog through pinterest this morning and I am finding it delightful. My two daughters are all grown up now, but when they were younger we did so many creative things together and it was so much fun. I was drawn to this post, because I could really see my daughters putting together a collection like this and then I saw where you were inspired for the thankful tree. :) My youngest daughter is "Simply Vintagegirl" who created "the thankful tree". How fun. I want to encourage to keep up the beautiful work. Both of my daughters are very creative and have started their own businesses based on creativity.

I showed your blog to them and my oldest said "When we have children, would you remind us and make sure that we are doing things like this with them".

What a sweet comment Robin, thank you! And I love your daughter (Simply Vintagegirl)'s work. How lovely that they've been able to create businesses based on creativity- I'm sure that's a testament to your own creativity & support too. This made my day. xo